Windham Patch General Election Voters Guide

THE CANDIDATES

NH Governor

Candidate Profile: John Babiarz

Candidate Profile: Ed Furlong

Candidate Profile: Maggie Wood Hassan

Candidate Profile: Ovide Lamontagne

2nd Congressional District

Candidate Profile: Charles Bass

Candidate Profile: Ann McLane Kuster

Candidate Profile: Hardy Macia

Executive Council

Candidate Profile: Bill Duncan

Candidate Profile: Christopher Sununu

State Senate District 19 (Windham, Derry, Hampstead)

• Candidate Profile: Jim Rausch
• Candidate Profile: Chris Reisdorf

Rockingham House District 7

• Candidate Profile: Neil Fallon
• Candidate Profile: Mary Griffin
• Candidate Profile: Tony Keevan
• Candidate Profile: Walter Kolodziej
• Candidate Profile: Charles McMahon
• Candidate Profile: Kristi St. Laurent
• Candidate Profile: Kevin Waterhouse
• Candidate Profile: Carolyn Webber

Rockingham County Sheriff

• Candidate Profile: John Clark
• Candiate Profile: Michael Downing

Rockingham County Attorney

• Candidate Profile: Joe Plaia
• Candidate Profile: Jim Reams

Rockingham County Treasurer

• Candidate Profile: Edward R. Buck
• Candidate Profile: David Ahearn

Rockingham County Register of Deeds

• Candidate Profile: Robert E. Padian
• Candidate Profile: Cathy Stacey

Rockingham County Register of Probate

• Candidate profile: Andrew  Christie, R
• Candidate Profile: Debra E. Crapo, D

Rockingham County Commissioner District 3

• Candidate Profile: Kevin L. Coyle
• Candidate Profile: Bob Davidson

POLLING LOCATION

Polls in Windham are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Voting takes place in the Windham High School gymnasium.

LOCAL REPS: District 7 is the newly re-drawn district for the House of Representatives which will only see representation of Windham, by Windham and for Windham in Concord. Wave goodbye to those Windham reps, Salem will have four reps this time next year.

BRING YOUR ID

New Hampshire now has a Voter ID law. For the general election in November, voters will be asked for an ID and if they don’t have one, will be permitted to vote with a “challenged voter affidavit.” Any election after Sept. 1, 2013, will require a license, state ID, armed services ID, passport, government employment ID with a photo, a valid student ID, another photo ID approved by clerks, or visual verification of the person by an official at the polling location.

Ballot Questions

Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the 2012 General Court

1.  “Are you in favor of amending the second part of the constitution by inserting after article 5-b a new article to read as follows: [Art.] 5-c. [Income Tax Prohibited.] Notwithstanding any general or special provision of this constitution, the general court shall not have the power or authority to impose and levy any assessment, rate, or tax upon income earned by any natural person; however, nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit any tax in effect January 1, 2012, or adjustment to the rate of such a tax.” (Passed by the N.H. House 256 Yes 110 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 4 No) CACR 13 Yes/No
2. “Are you in favor of amending article 73-a of the second part of the constitution to read as follows: [Art.] 73-a [Supreme Court, Administration.] The chief justice of the supreme court shall be the administrative head of all the courts. The chief justice shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the supreme court justices, make rules governing the administration of all courts in the state and the practice and procedure to be followed in all such courts. The rules so promulgated shall have the force and effect of law. The legislature shall have a concurrent power to regulate the same matters by statute. In the event of a conflict between a statute and a court rule, the statute, if not otherwise contrary to this constitution, shall prevail over the rule.” (Passed by the N.H. House 242 Yes 96 No; Passed by State Senate 19 Yes 5 No) CACR 26 Yes/No
3. Question Proposed pursuant to Part II, Article 100 of the New Hampshire Constitution. “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?”  Yes/No